လာ

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See also: လ and လား

Burmese[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

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Etymology 1[edit]

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *la-j ~ ra (“to come”). Cognate with Chinese 來／来 (lái).

Verb[edit]

လာ • (la)

  1. to come

Etymology 2[edit]

From Proto-Tibeto-Burman *la (“donkey, ass, mule”).

Noun[edit]

လာ • (la)

  1. mule

References[edit]

Pa'o Karen[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Karen *ʔlaᴬ (“moon, month”) (Luangthongkum, 2019) or *la⁴ (“idem”) (Burling, 1969), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s/ɡ-la (“moon; month”). Cognate with S'gaw Karen လါ (lah), Western Pwo လၩ, Eastern Pwo လာ, Western Kayah ꤜꤢꤧ꤭ (lāe), Burmese လ (la.).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (Northern & Southern Pa'o) IPA(key): /la̤³¹/

Noun[edit]

လာ (transliteration needed)

  1. moon
  2. month
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